Revolving display-rack.



NITED STATES i PATENT Ormce.v

MARY LLEN XANDER, on PENNsBU'Re, PENNSYLVANlA.

REVO LVlNG Dl S PLAY-RACK.

' srncrnrcn'rion forming part of Letters Patent no. 634,636, dated October 1o, 1399.

Application filed March 10,1899. l Serial No. 708,550. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY ELLEN XANDEIRQ a citizen of the United States, residing at Pennsburg, inthe county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving: Display-Racks, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates generally to displayracks for the exhibition of articles of merchandise in show-cases, on shelves or counters, or in shbw-windowsof stores, and'more particularly to that class of display-racks known as revolving display racks or stands, in which the goods to be exhibited are suspended upon or otherwise secured to parts which arerotated by suitable motors.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a display rack or stand of the revolving class in which there are two rotatable members, one within the other, the inner member to rotate in the opposite direction from the outer member, the whole structure,

including those portions necessary to adapt rack or stand constructed in accordance with; my lnvention in position for practical opera" tion, the upper bearing being shown indotted lines. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sec: tional view, the object being to illustrate the construction of the rack, the manner of coupling it to a, motor, and the mannerof mount-I ing and connecting the two oppositely-rotate ing members.

Like numerals of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in both figures of the drawings.

In the present embodiment of my invention I'ma'y use as a motor any ordinary movement, arranged as hereinafter stated to adapt it to apply to the purposes of my rack. In such a motor a gear-wheel 18 is mounted loosely on a shaft 15 and provided with up wardly projecting pins or points 20, by means 'bers of the rack to rotate in opposite direc- 3 of-which it is coupled to one member of my display-rack, the shaft 15 being coupled to the'other member, as hereinafter set forth.

The shaft 15, which drives one member of the rack, rotates in the opposite direction to the rotation of the wheel 18, which drives the other member, thereby causing the two memtions. I

26 indicates the base upon which the motor and the whole device is supported; and 27 is the upper bearing board or support. The base may be the bottom board of a show case or window and the upper bearing-board the top thereof when it is desired to build the rack asa permanent fixture; but when the rack is to be portable the base 26 and upper'bearing-board will be connected by uprights 28, as shown in Fig. 4,'said uprights being adjustably secured by nuts 29. V The outer member of my rack comprises a base-board 3i and a cage composed of upright rods or wires 32, connected at intervals by rings 33 and bent inward radially at their upper ends, as at 34, meeting at and secured in a hub 35. Beneath the base-board 31 is a hub or disk 36, provided with a central opening, through which the shaft-15 passes upward and with a circular series of holes 37 to receive the pins 20 of the gear-wheel 18.

38 indicates a shaft having a socket in its lower end to fit over the shaft 15, said socket and the upper end of shaft 15 being angular 'in cross-section to cause the two shafts to rotate together. The upper bearing of shaft 38 is a socket in a plate 39, secured on the under surface of the upper b earing board or support 27, and the inner rotary member 40 of my. rack is secured upon the shaft 38 and rotates therewith in the opposite direction from that ofthe outer member before described. 'The inner member 40 is preferably of hexagonal or other polygonal form in horizontal section, the outer panels being faced with mirrors 41, separated by uprights 42 in the form of moldings at the corners.

Suitable hooks 43 and 44, upon which to hang articles to be displayed, are provided on the rods and. rings of the outer member and the uprights of the inner member. With articles upon these hooks and on the base-board 31 of the outer member and the two members rotating in opposite directions a very handsome display is made, the mirrors reflecting the image of the articles at numerous angles and creating quite an attraction.

\VhileIhave illustrated and described what I consider to be the best means now known to me for carrying outmyinvention,I do not Wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact form and construction of the various parts, but hold that any slight variation from or changes in such form or constructionsuch, for instance, as might suggest itself to the ordinary mechanic upon an inspection of my device-would clearly be included Within the limit and scope of my invention I Having thus fully described'my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A display-rack comprising an inner rotary member consisting of a frame or box polygonal in horizontal cross-section with mirrors on each outer panel, and an outer member surrounding the inner member and consisting of a cage comprising a skeleton top with a central hub and upright side, arms connected by rings, in combinationwith a motor geared to rotate the two membersin opposite directions, substantially as described.

2. A display-rack comprising an inner rotary member consisting of a frame or box polygonal in horizontal cross-section, having "mirrors on each outer panel and angle-uprights With hooks upon which to display merchandise, an outer rotary member, surrounding the inner member, consisting of a cage composed of uprights bent at the top to form radial arms meeting at the center, a hub to which to secure the radial arms, rings horizontally arranged to connect the uprights of the cage, and hooks on the uprights and rings upon Which to display merchandise, in comtwo members in opposite directions, substantially as describe I y In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' I Y MARY ELLEN XANDER.

Witnesses: SALLIE FREY,

E. W.'SCHOLL.

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